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Glimpses of a Sacred Land

出版	W. A. Wilde Company, 1953
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=poBTAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Behind America stands the Old World; behind Europe, the Near East. Apart from the Hebrew prophets and Jesus Christ of whom they spoke, none of these lands can be properly understood. Today the Near East has grown alive again. The new state of Israel is a vigorous reality. The Arab world seeths with activity. The shadow of Soviet ambitions lowers over this portion of the globe. The long tensions of the ages seem to have joined in a titanic struggle for the minds of men in our times. Dr. Henry's GLIMPSES OF A SACRED LAND are more than a traveler's fleeting impressions. They are a sobering report of the drift in Europe, the conflict in the in the Near East, the fortunes and misfortunes of the of the Holy Land. He tells us that the things which mattered supremely to our forefathers are shriveling in the life and thought of modern men. To his report Dr. Henry brings the asset of many gifts; a former newspaper reporter and editor, a Christian philosopher and theologian, an author of numerous volumes on recent religious trends. The results--one of the most gripping and informative pictures of Europe and the Holy Lands in our times. There are chapters on England, France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Hashemite Jordan, and Israel. Into these chapters go much more than the alert personal observations of a Christian interpreter. Interpreter. Interviews with veteran foreign correspondents and missions leaders enter into their warp and woof. Dr. Henry sketches the problems that beset these lands--political, economic, sociological, and above all, spiritual. GLIMPSES OF A SACRED LAND is a mid-century record for men and women in our times who know that space is less of a barrier than once it was, and also that time may be shorter than men think.